Is there a reason why support for VF ended after FS? My guess would be sales (but obviously VF5FS would have high sales considering it was just a port and wasn't well known). As far as I'm concerned the series is dead which is a shame because it paved the way for other 3D fighters similar to Street Fighter paving the way for 2D fighters. If Sega poured more resources into it like they did with Sonic and Yakuza it would have done well. Ironically, Sega killed off a lot of their good ip's; Jet Set Radio, VF, Shenmue, and Shinobi (which had a good ost but Ninja Gaiden probably put that game in the grave lol).
It maybe sales that could be the reason but it also could be how 5 was drastically changed with the updates of R and Final Showdown, in contrast to 4. I heard some rumors that many VF fans doesn't even like 5 and updates, especially in Japan. It wasn't getting that much attention like when 4 came out and that blew everyone's minds.
Keep in mind though, Yu Suzuki wasn't around during 5 and updates' development and was a consultant to Sega and the AM2 Team.
On regards on Sega on their major IPs: while they do pour in more resources with
Yakuza, on
Sonic, however, as iF!!! They wasted time on my favorite franchise with hit or misses, especially Sonic Team as a whole doesn't know what to do with the series. Shockingly, it took a 3rd party development who created
Mania to become a smash hit, but on the lore of Sonic, its messes everyone's heads with which "universe" should they focus on, ever since
Generations, classic or modern. Its like if Activision/Universal at the time trying to pick on which Crash or Spyro design fans wanted to see, and you know how bad those games were back then when those "new" designs were released before their reboot.
